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Income tax relating to reclassification to earnings on fair value through other comprehensive income securities.

No definition available.

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Statement [Line Items]

No definition available.

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The amount of income tax relating to amounts recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to cash flow hedges. [Refer: Cash flow hedges [member]; Other comprehensive income]

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 12
-IssueDate 2025-01-01
-Paragraph 81
-Subparagraph ab
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-URIDate 2025-03-27

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Note Expiry date 2027-01-01
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2025-01-01
-Paragraph 90
-URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2025-en-b&anchor=para_90&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2025-03-27

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The amount of income tax relating to amounts recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to changes in the fair value of financial liabilities attributable to a change in the credit risk of those liabilities. [Refer: Credit risk [member]; Other comprehensive income]

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The amount of income tax relating to amounts recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income applying paragraph 4.1.2A of IFRS 9. [Refer: Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income; Other comprehensive income]

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The amount of income tax relating to amounts recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to hedges of net investments in foreign operations. [Refer: Other comprehensive income]

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The amount of income tax relating to amounts recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to investments in equity instruments that the entity has designated at fair value through other comprehensive income applying paragraph 5.7.5 of IFRS 9. [Refer: Other comprehensive income; Reserve of gains and losses from investments in equity instruments]

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The amount of income tax relating to amounts recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to remeasurements of defined benefit plans. [Refer: Other comprehensive income; Reserve of remeasurements of defined benefit plans; Defined benefit plans [domain]]